Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-30
REGULAR COUNCIL PRO.
CEEDINGS'

Inc CITY COuHCH met III regular session
Wednesday, Juue 9Th, 1887, at 40, p m
Present, r. W. Tarbox, Mayor; FREQ
Gardner, L. K. Mcintyre, J. A. Arment
j. w. Mahan, A. Curtius, Councilmen
Absent, L. n. York councilman.
The minutes of the last regular and ad
journed meetings were read and apprved
On motion of J. W. Mahan filing of a
4 bond by n. B. Klaine for doing the city
printing, was laid over until the mex,
regular meeting.
On motion of l.. K. Mcintyre the report
of city attorney on sprinkling streets
was accepted and placed on file.
On motion of Fred Gardner the report
of the finance committee or city treasur
er's report was laid over.
On motion of J. A: Arment the amend
ment of section two of ordinance No. 139.
entitled an ordinance to amend ordinance
No. 102. extending the time of said fran
chise for the construction of street rail-
way was adopted by sections, to strike
out the word exclusive whenever it APP
peared in said ordinance No. 1O2, as pas
sed by the council and approved by the
Mayor June 18th, 1887.
On motion of j. A. Arment, ordinance
No. 142, granting franchise and exclusive
| right to use of streets and avenues for
building and operating street railways, to
the Dodge City Street Railway Stock
Company, was referred to the committee
on ordinances.
On motion of j. A. Arment, made in
writing, including an amendment to sec.
3. of ordinance No. 131. The same was
referred to the committee on ordinances.
A resolution and suggestions adopted
at citizens meeting held in Dodge City,
Kansas, June II, 1887, at which B. r.
Rutherford was chairman and j. r. Judd
Secretary, was presented and read, sug
costing to the Mayor and Councilmen
that they amend ordinance No 131, to
conform to figures Herewith submitted.
referred to the committee on ordinances.
On motion of j. A. Arment the city at
torney was instructed to draw up an or
dinance to repeal scavenger ordinance No.
109
On motion of L. X. Mcintyre an ordi-
nance CNo. 400 providing for four wards
in the city of Dodge City, was laid over
until the next regular meeting.
Ordinance No. al, providing for the
calling of special elections for the pur-
pose of filling vacancies of the office of
Mayor and councilmen, was presented
and read for passage.
On motion of L. K Mcintyre it
was referred to the city attorney for
additional provisions, and to be presen-
ted at next regular meeting.
On motion of J. w. Mahan the report
of the street committee on petition to
open First, Second, Third, Fourth and
Fifth avenues across the A. T. & S. F. r.
Il. Cos. right of way, was accepted and
referred to the city attorney for investi-
CATION, and to make his report on the
same at the next meeting.
The committee on streets and alleys, to
whom petition for the grading of Third
avenue and Chestnut street was referred,
report that they cannot recommend the
same being done until funds are pro-
vided for that purpose. On motion of
Fred Gardner the report was accepted
and placed on file.
On motion of L. X. Mcintyre the re-
port of the street committee on "A petition |
to open Spruce street was accepted and |
referred to the city attorney with in
structions that he draw up an ordinance
in accordance with the prayer of said
petition.
On motion of l.. X. Mcintyre the re-
port of committee on streets and alleys, |
on petition to grade r. r. avenue, av-
enue A. and B. also Vine and Elm street,
was accepted as follows: Said committee
cannot recommend the grading of said
streets and avenues named in the above
petition, until there arc funds in the
city treasury for such purposes, but do
recommend that the city attorney be in
structed to draw up an ordinance re-
curing sidewalks to be built in accor
dance with the prayer of said petition,
and classed as follows:
A second class sidewalk on Military
avenue between avenue c. and avenue d.;
sides of Railroad avenue, from the north
side of Front street to the south side of
Spruce street.
The committee on streets and alleys to
whom the petition to extend Front street
west, ON the north line of the A. T. & S.
F. r. r, company's right of way, a width
Of "a feet to Olives addition, reported
that they would not recommend the open
ing of said Front street until funds are
provided for such purpose.
On motion of L. K. Mcintyre the re-
port was accepted and placed on file.
On motion of L. K. Mcintyre the re-
port of the committee on streets and al
eys, on petition to vacate the alley be-
.ween J. Collars addition and Klaine and
McIntyre's addition to Dodge City, Kan
'as, was accepted as follows: We, your
on streets and alleys, cannot